Jon Olson, a Black Hills native, gives a behind the scenes tour of The Mammoth Site in Hot Springs, South Dakota is the worlds largest mammoth research facility where you can tour an active paleontological dig site and view Ice Age fossils exhibited as they are found. Travel back to the time when Ice Age mammoth, camel, and giant short-faced bear roamed the Great Plains of North America. Imagine a sudden collapse of a 60 foot deep karst sinkhole. Bubbling from the bottom, a warm spring percolates through the layers of limestone, now creating a large steep-sided pond. Stand on the edge of discovery and walk where mammoths, bears, American lions and other Ice Age animals walked.

Rent a bike and go, go, go...

Onsen’s are a traditional Japanese natural thermal hot spring and the therapeutic water rises from deep within the earth. Yukuro Onsen is the most popular in Niseko and is a great way to relax the body after a hard days boarding or skiing.

Niseko is widely regarded as the snowiest resort on the globe and Japan's most popular for international guests.

Christie Dowling checks out this amazing bar that is Inspired and birthed from asian influences blo*blo is a lounging comfort zone serving the finest cocktails and gyoza's in the village. Be entertained or lie back and be lavished with blo*blo's own range of specialized drinks, including the infamous flaming Yotei.

Hanazono Stomping Ground in Niseko Japan..

At Glenwood Hot Springs in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, you can soak in the therapy pool, swim laps or cool off in the deep end. There’s a family vacation activity for everyone- swimming, diving pool, waterslides and kiddie pool. The swimming fun is over two blocks long. You won’t find that at just any Colorado hot spring. On a family vacation with us, you have unlimited swimming access with each night stay included with your lodging. Special vacation packages and value make the Glenwood Springs pool, the choice for family weekend getaways in the Central Colorado Rockies.

With a mere 8% water quantity, Niseko snow is always drier, providing some of the most exhilarating powder skiing and snowboarding experiences anywhere in the world. It is not unusual for guests to find themselves enveloped in snow, or as we say, "experiencing the White Room", as they bounce their way down the slopes. As several wide-open bowls descend from the peak of Mt Annupuri into Hanazono and Annupuri lift base, it is truly a skier and riders dream.

It is little wonder Niseko has become Japan's most sought after snow sport holiday escape. The blend of accommodation, restaurants, culture and activities to suit all tastes, surrounded by breathtaking scenery, champagne powder snow, and high tech facilities attracts skiers and snowboarders from around the world. Comprising of four main areas - Hanazono, Hirafu, Higashiyama and Annupuri - Niseko experiences more than 16 metres of powder snow from November until April as Siberian desert storm systems sweep across the Sea of Japan with amazing regularity.

IT has been dumping huge amounts of Powder in Niseko over the last week & the conditions are epic...